老舍在上世纪二三十年代创作的留学生小说,塑造了一批留洋人士的角色,作为留学生文学的主角,留洋人士因其不同文化环境的经历往往具有伸缩性的文化身份。本文通过对两部小说的深入分析,反映了老舍对于外国文化在中国的定位、国内保守派的民族主义情绪的文化逻辑与改革派的西方化选择的质疑、留学生应扮演什么样的角色并承担什么样的社会责任的深入思考。 Lao She’s novels of foreign students in the 1920s and 1930s shaped a group of overseas Chinese persons. As the protagonists of the literature for overseas students, the overseas Chinese often have the scalable cultural identity because of their different cultural experiences. Through in-depth analysis of the two novels, this article reflects Lao She’s question about the orientation of foreign cultures in China, the cultural logic of nationalistic conservative sentiments and the Western choices of reformists. What kind of role should foreign students play What kind of social responsibility in-depth thinking.